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Anthony Crupi<img src="http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-detail/news_article/under-the-dome-hed2-2013.jpg"> <p>
CBS on Monday announced that it has picked up the supernatural thriller <a href="http://www.underthedome.com/main.html" target="_blank">Under the Dome</a> for a second season, ordering 13 episodes to air in summer 2014.</p>
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The renewal was expected, given the uncharacteristically strong ratings the show has delivered in its first five installments. Dome debuted on Monday, June 24, to <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/there-s-no-place-dome-150682" target="_blank">13.5 million viewers</a>, a 3.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demo and a 4.5 among the 25-54 set.</p>
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Since then, Dome has retained 85 percent of its overall deliveries. Per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the show is averaging 11.7 million viewers, a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo and a 3.8 with adults 25-54.</p>
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To put Dome&rsquo;s ratings in context, it is on pace to outdeliver and outrate every new series of the 2012-13 broadcast season. CBS&rsquo; Elementary was the most-watched newcomer (11.1 million viewers over 23 episodes), while Fox&rsquo;s The Following and NBC&rsquo;s Revolution beat all comers in the 18-49 demo (2.6).&nbsp;</p>
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(Of course, it can be argued that Dome wouldn&rsquo;t fare as well as an in-season program where it would, hypothetically, compete against Revolution and ABC&rsquo;s Castle. But therein lies the argument that has led broadcasters to more actively pursue higher-quality summer shows in the first place&mdash;as well as serialized/&ldquo;event&rdquo; fare like Fox&rsquo;s resurrected 24/Sleepy Hollow/Almost Human and CBS&rsquo; Hostages/Intelligence. Supply has to keep pace with demand.)</p>
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When DVR playback, VOD and streaming data are tossed into the mix, the show&rsquo;s deliveries are even gaudier. Seven days of time-shifted viewing bumped the premiere episode&rsquo;s numbers to 19.9 million viewers, a 4.6 18-49 rating and a 6.1 among the 25-54 demo.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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A $40 billion drama produced by Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s Amblin Television and CBS Television Studios, Dome is the most successful scripted network series in memory. The ratings are particularly impressive given that fewer people watch TV in the summer months. Over the last five seasons, July HUT levels have dropped 12 percent from the peaks attained in late fall/early winter.</p>
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Dome is based on <a href="http://www.stephenking.com/index.html" target="_blank">Stephen King</a>&rsquo;s 2009 novel. Ironically, the 1,074-page colossus functions as an allegory about the environment.</p>
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King will write the screenplay for the Season 2 premiere.</p>
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&ldquo;We&rsquo;re excited to tell more stories about the mystery of the dome and the secrets in Chester&rsquo;s Mill, and are thrilled to have the master storyteller himself, Stephen King, tell the first one of next season,&rdquo; said CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler, by way of announcing the renewal.</p>
<p>
While Dome&rsquo;s success proves that network TV needn&rsquo;t <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/broadcast-tv-will-try-not-suck-summer-149956" target="_blank">concede the summer months to cable</a>, most of the other broadcast dramas are wilting in the heat. In head-to-head competition with CBS&rsquo; juggernaut, the NBC drama <a href="http://www.nbc.com/siberia/" target="_blank">Siberia</a> is averaging a mere 2.68 million viewers and a 0.9 in the dollar demo. ABC&rsquo;s Mistresses is faring a little better in the <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/cbs-dome-stifles-competition-150952" target="_blank">Monday 10 p.m. time slot</a>, averaging 3.86 million viewers and a 1.2 in the demo.</p>
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New dramas Motive, Camp and Crossing Lines are also struggling in the heat,&nbsp;while burnoffs Zero Hour and Do No Harm are faring about as poorly as one would expect. The good news for weary viewers: The 2013-14 TV season officially kicks off in 10 weeks.</p>
TelevisionAbcAmblin EntertainmentCampCbsCBS Television StudiosAnthony CrupiMistressesMotiveNbcNetworksNina TasslerRatingsSiberiaStephen KingSteven SpielbergUnder the DomeMon, 29 Jul 2013 16:53:09 +0000151479 at http://www.adweek.comStephen King's Under the Dome Drama Is a Hit for CBShttp://www.adweek.com/news/television/stephen-kings-under-dome-drama-hit-cbs-151210
Anthony Crupi<img src="http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-detail/news_article/under-the-dome-hed-2013_1.jpg"> <p>
Four episodes in and it&rsquo;s clear that CBS has a rare summer drama hit on its hands with <a href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/under-the-dome/" target="_blank">Under the Dome</a>, a claustrophobic yarn about a small town that is hermetically sealed under what amounts to a gigantic impermeable snow globe. Now the only question is when the network will make the renewal official.</p>
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According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, Monday night&rsquo;s installment of Under the Dome averaged 11.1 million viewers and a 2.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demo. The episode, titled &ldquo;Outbreak,&rdquo; also put up a robust 3.5 in CBS&rsquo;s target demo, adults 25-54.</p>
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Through the first four weeks, Dome is averaging 11.8 million viewers, a 2.9 in the 18-49 demo and a 3.9 in the dollar demo. Despite airing on balmy, low-HUT level Monday nights, Dome is on pace to out-deliver every single scripted series that bowed during the 2013-14 broadcast season.</p>
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Dome premiered June 24 to a whopping <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/there-s-no-place-dome-150682" target="_blank">13.5 million viewers and a 3.3 rating</a> among the 18-49 set. It now stands as the most-watched summer launch since 1992.</p>
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Produced by Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s Amblin Television and CBS Television Studios and based on Stephen King&rsquo;s 1,074-page doorstop, Under the Dome may be the single most ambitious network series to air during the hot and sticky months. Boasting a $40 million budget&mdash;one that was wholly defrayed by an early streaming deal with Amazon and an international syndication agreement&mdash;Dome is that rarest of beasts, a big reach vehicle that succeeds despite the fact that fewer people are watching TV than in any other time of the year. (Over the last five seasons, July HUT levels have dropped 12 percent from the peaks attained in late fall/early winter.)</p>
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Dome&rsquo;s big deliveries have come at the expense of two other scripted dramas. In four weeks of head-to-head competition in the Monday 10 p.m. slot, ABC&rsquo;s sudsy <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/mistresses" target="_blank">Mistresses</a> is averaging just 3.63 million viewers and a 1.1 in the 18-49 demo, while NBC&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.nbc.com/siberia/" target="_blank">Siberia</a> is faring even worse. The first three installments of the found-footage thriller drew 2.68 million viewers and a 0.9 in the demo.</p>
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Last night, cable posed a bigger threat to Dome than did its broadcast rivals. <a href="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9481471" target="_blank">ESPN&rsquo;s Home Run Derby</a> averaged 6.65 million viewers and a 2.6 in the demo, while the third hour of USA Network&rsquo;s WWE Raw delivered 4.27 million viewers and a 1.6 rating. To add insult to injury, VH1&rsquo;s Love and Hip Hop Atlanta topped Siberia by one-tenth of a ratings point, while MTV&rsquo;s Teen Wolf tied NBC&rsquo;s broadcast with a 0.8 in the demo.</p>
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While Dome is the only new broadcast series that&rsquo;s been able to grab viewers by their summer-weight lapels, a number of cable offerings have made their mark. After Ray Donovan premiered June 30 to record numbers (more than 6 million viewers, including encores and on-demand platforms), Showtime gave a quick renewal to the Liev Schreiber vehicle. FX&rsquo;s atmospheric newcomer <a href="http://www.fxnetworks.com/thebridge" target="_blank">The Bridge</a> also set a high-water mark, premiering to 4.64 million viewers and a 1.5 in the 18-49 demo, per live-plus-three-day data, while TNT&rsquo;s third ampersand-bearing title, <a href="http://www.tntdrama.com/series/king-and-maxwell/?SR=KingMaxwellMediaAd" target="_blank">King &amp; Maxwell</a>, is averaging 2.96 million viewers in its Monday 10 p.m. slot.</p>
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On the whole, the <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/broadcast-tv-will-try-not-suck-summer-149956" target="_blank">new summer broadcast dramas</a> have failed to strike a chord with viewers. Along with the underperforming Mistresses and Siberia, three other newbies have struggled. ABC&rsquo;s Canadian import Motive is averaging 5.63 million viewers and a 1.1 rating in the Thursday 9 p.m. slot, while NBC&rsquo;s crime drama of French origin, Crossing Lines, is drawing little heat on Sunday nights. Through its first four episodes, Crossing Lines is averaging 3.46 million viewers and a 0.6 in the demo.</p>
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The jury&rsquo;s still out on NBC&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.nbc.com/camp/" target="_blank">Camp</a>, which last week won its premiere time slot (Wednesday at 10 p.m.) with an average draw of 5 million viewers and a 1.5 rating. The hour-long comedy-drama mashup stars Rachel Griffiths as the newly divorced proprietor of the Little Otter Family Camp.&nbsp;</p>
TelevisionAbcAmblin TelevisionCableCampCbsAnthony CrupiCrossing LinesFXKing & MaxwellLiev SchreiberLove and Hip Hop AtlantaMistressesMotiveMTVNbcNetworksRatingsRay DonovanShowtimeSiberiaStephen KingSteven Spielbergteen wolfThe BridgeTntUnder the DomeUSA NetworkVH1WWE RawWed, 17 Jul 2013 00:21:21 +0000151210 at http://www.adweek.comCBS’ Dome Stifles the Competitionhttp://www.adweek.com/news/television/cbs-dome-stifles-competition-150952
Anthony Crupi<img src="http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-detail/news_article/under-the-dome-hed-2013_0.jpg"> <p>
The second installment of CBS&rsquo; supernatural thriller Under the Dome suffocated the competition Monday night, stifling the premiere of NBC&rsquo;s scripted series Siberia while keeping the struggling ABC drama Mistresses in check.</p>
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According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/there-s-no-place-dome-150682" target="_blank">Under the Dome</a> last night retained 88 percent of its opening deliveries, averaging 11.8 million viewers and a 2.9 rating in the adults 18-49 demo. That falls well within the expected drop-off between a new series&rsquo; first and second episodes.</p>
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Monday&rsquo;s broadcast also averaged a 3.9 in the adults 25-54 demo, marking a drop of 13 percent versus the preliminary 4.3 rating of a week ago.&nbsp;</p>
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Bowing against Dome in the 10 p.m. slot, NBC&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.nbc.com/siberia/" target="_blank">found-footage thriller Siberia</a> failed to break the ice with viewers. The series opener drew 3.07 million total viewers and notched a 1.1 in the dollar demo. Siberia now stands as the second lowest-rated new summer drama premiere, topping only the Peacock&rsquo;s imported procedural Crossing Lines (0.7).</p>
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As much as broadcasters no longer seem content to <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/broadcast-tv-will-try-not-suck-summer-149956" target="_blank">concede the sultry months</a> to the cable networks, most of the new scripted efforts have belly-flopped into a drained pool. Other low-rated summer series openers include ABC&rsquo;s Motive (1.3) and <a href="http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/mistresses" target="_blank">Mistresses</a> (1.2).</p>
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Last night, the fifth installment of Mistresses averaged a 1.1 in the demo, flat versus the show&rsquo;s June 24 broadcast.</p>
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Siberia began streaming on Hulu and NBC.com on June 25, a week before its TV premiere. The series was fully financed by <a href="http://www.engine-entertainment.com/index.html" target="_blank">Sierra/Engine Television</a>, creators of NBC&rsquo;s midseason pirate drama Crossbones, and Infinity Media founder and CEO Michael Ohoven.</p>
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NBC ordered the 13-episode standalone series on May 20, a week to the day after the network unveiled its <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/nbc-breaks-lot-eggs-make-its-2013-14-omelet-149465" target="_blank">2013-14 upfront schedule</a> in New York.</p>
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While the DVR ultimately could prove to be a shot in the arm for Siberia, it&rsquo;s unlikely that the show will get the sort of lift Dome enjoyed in the three days immediately following its June 24 premiere. Per Nielsen live-plus-three-day data, time shifting raised the pilot&rsquo;s overall deliveries to 16.7 million viewers (up 24 percent from 13.5 million live-plus-same-day viewers), while the 18-49 crowd grew 30 percent to a 4.3 rating and adults 25-54 were up 27 percent to a 5.7.&nbsp;</p>
TelevisionAbcCbsCrossing LinesInfinity MediaMichael OhovenAnthony CrupiMotiveNbcNetworksPrime Time RatingsRatingsSiberiaSierra/Engine TelevisionStephen KingSummer TVTime-Shifted ViewingUnder the DomeTue, 02 Jul 2013 17:37:50 +0000150952 at http://www.adweek.comThere’s No Place Like Domehttp://www.adweek.com/news/television/there-s-no-place-dome-150682
Anthony Crupi<img src="http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-detail/news_article/under-the-dome-hed-2013.jpg"> <p>
CBS on Monday drew a huge crowd with the premiere of its ambitious scripted series, <a href="http://www.underthedome.com/main.html" target="_blank">Under the Dome</a>, delivering 13.5 million total viewers and a staggering 3.3 in the adults 18-49 demo.</p>
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While it debuted on a sleepy summer weeknight, Under the Dome&rsquo;s live-plus-same-day ratings topped the deliveries for every CBS series premiere of the 2012-13 broadcast season. (Elementary bowed Sept. 27 to a 3.1 in the dollar demo; runner-up Vegas opened two nights earlier to a 2.5 rating.)</p>
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Dome&rsquo;s ratings established it as the&nbsp;year&rsquo;s second-biggest premiere. NBC&rsquo;s Revolution earned the highest marks for a newcomer when it debuted out of The Voice on Sept. 17 (4.1).</p>
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The 25-54 set also turned up in droves, as Dome drew a whopping 4.5 in the demo. By way of comparison, Elementary premiered to a 4.0.</p>
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Per Nielsen, Dome now stands as the most-watched summer premiere since 1992 when CBS rolled out the campy nighttime soap 2000 Malibu Road. Starring Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Beals, the limited series bowed to 14.8 million viewers.</p>
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Produced by Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s Amblin Television and CBS Television Studios and based on Stephen King&rsquo;s 2009 doorstop, Under the Dome may be the single most gumptious network series to air during the hot and sticky months. (When was the last time a broadcaster gave the green light to a summer show with a $40 million budget?)</p>
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Because <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/cbs-wins-prime-time-ratings-crown-149725" target="_blank">CBS</a> has been shrewd about finding new revenue streams beyond the ad sales model (the network is on track to bring in $1 billion in retrans consent fees by 2016), it should come as no surprise that the network minimized any monetary risk associated with Dome before the first day of shooting began. According to CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves, a lucrative streaming deal with Amazon and an international syndication deal effectively paid for the production costs.</p>
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&ldquo;Combining Amazon with the international syndication deal makes Under the Dome profitable immediately,&rdquo; Moonves told investors last month. &ldquo;So you may see more original programming on during the year. But only if it&rsquo;s backed up by the ability to monetize it elsewhere.&rdquo;</p>
<p>
If the ad inventory makes Under the Dome a pure profit venture, last night&rsquo;s deliveries also prove that viewers will find quality scripted content, no matter where it airs. Although we&rsquo;ve been conditioned to look to the likes of AMC, FX, TNT, USA Network, HBO and Showtime for hot-weather drama, Dome&rsquo;s early performance suggests that at least one broadcaster is getting its <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/broadcast-tv-will-try-not-suck-summer-149956" target="_blank">summertime mojo</a> back.</p>
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Of course, the other networks haven&rsquo;t had anywhere near the success of CBS. ABC&rsquo;s new Canadian import Motive is averaging 6.1 million viewers and a 1.3 in the 18-49 demo, while its sudsy <a href="http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/mistresses" target="_blank">Mistresses</a> is drawing 3.99 million viewers and a 1.2 rating. Meanwhile, NBC&rsquo;s Crossing Lines was dead on arrival, bowing Sunday night to 4.38 million viewers and a 0.7 in the demo.</p>
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It will be interesting to see how Under the Dome fares in its second outing, given that it went head-to-head with hockey&#39;s<a href="http://espn.go.com/chicago/video/clip?id=9419577" target="_blank"> Stanley Cup Final</a> broadcast on NBC. The Chicago Blackhawks&rsquo; thrilling 3-2 clincher over the Boston Bruins in Game 6 drew 8.16 million viewers and a 3.3 in the 18-49 demo.</p>
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In an unprecedented show of late-game heroics, Chicago scored twice in 17 seconds to eliminate the Bruins. Bryan Bickell snuck in the tying goal with 1:16 to go in the third period, and Blackhawks center Dave Bolland closed things out from the left post with 58.3 seconds remaining on the clock.</p>
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Game 6 was the ninth most-watched Stanley Cup Final broadcast in history. CBS notched the all-time record on May 18, 1971, drawing 12.4 million viewers with Game 7 of the Montreal-Chicago title bout.</p>
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With hockey out of the picture, Dome returns July 1 against two other network dramas. ABC trots out the fifth installment of the aforementioned Mistresses in the Monday 10 p.m. slot, while NBC counters with its own new scripted effort. The found-footage thriller <a href="http://www.nbc.com/siberia/" target="_blank">Siberia</a> is set in the desolate Russian forest leveled by the so-called &ldquo;Tunguska event&rdquo; of 1908. Said to be caused by everything from a gigantic meteor to a plummeting hunk of antimatter, the mysterious explosion destroyed 770 square miles of timberland.</p>
Television2000 Malibu RoadAbcAmazon PrimeAmblin TelevisionBoston BruinsAnthony CrupiChicago BlackhawksCrossing LinesElementaryFoxLes MoonvesMistressesMotiveNational Hockey LeagueNbcNetworksNhlPrime Time RatingsRatingsSiberiaStanley Cup FinalsStephen KingSummer TVThe FollowingUnder the DomeVegasTue, 25 Jun 2013 18:18:56 +0000150682 at http://www.adweek.comNBC's Revolution Goes Out on a High Notehttp://www.adweek.com/news/television/nbcs-revolution-goes-out-high-note-150012
Anthony Crupi<img src="http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-detail/nbc-revolution-hed2-2012.jpg"> <p>
Monday night was all about transitions, as NBC put its top-rated drama series to rest for the summer, while ABC introduced its newest scripted effort.</p>
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Per Nielsen fast affiliate ratings, the season finale of freshman drama <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/they-took-my-show-away-148964" target="_blank">Revolution</a> delivered 6.28 million viewers and a 2.0 in the adults 18-49 demo. Should those numbers hold up, Revolution will have tied Fox&rsquo;s The Following as the top-rated new series of 2012-13.</p>
<p>
Both shows averaged a 2.6 in the dollar demo, topping CBS&rsquo; Elementary by one-tenth of a ratings point, per live-plus-same-day data.</p>
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<strong>UPDATE:</strong> According to the final live-plus-same-day data, Revolution indeed has tied The Following for the No. 1 slot. Among the two top-rated newcomers, The Following won out in the race for total deliveries, drawing 7.95 million viewers to Revolution&rsquo;s 7.21 million.</p>
<p>
Of the 34 new scripted series that were launched during the past season, only a handful averaged so much as a 2.0 in the demo. Along with the aforementioned Revolution, <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/fox-renews-following-new-girl-mindy-project-raising-hope-147694" target="_blank">The Following</a> and Elementary, the canceled CBS comedy Partners and the now-defunct NBC sitcom Go On both drew a 2.1 rating.</p>
<p>
Revolution next season will lose its cushy post-Voice time slot (Mondays at 10 p.m.), ceding it to the much-anticipated new drama <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9_qgX7pTlc" target="_blank">The Blacklist</a>. In September, the post-apocalyptic adventure series will take over the Wednesday 8 p.m. slot formerly occupied by the shuttered sitcoms Animal Practice and Guys With Kids. &nbsp;</p>
<p>
Going head-to-head with the Revolution finale was ABC&rsquo;s new nighttime soap, <a href="http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/mistresses" target="_blank">Mistresses</a>. ABC&rsquo;s third official scripted launch of the summer, the BBC remake&nbsp;put up underwhelming opening numbers (4.40 million viewers/1.2 in the demo).</p>
<p>
While <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/television/broadcast-tv-will-try-not-suck-summer-149956" target="_blank">broadcasters this summer are leaning heavily on scripted content</a>, the early returns suggest that they may have to retrain viewers who have grown used to flipping over to cable during the sultry months. ABC&rsquo;s Motive bowed May 20 to 6.52 million viewers and a 1.3 in the demo, while Season 4 of the Canadian import Rookie Blue drew 5.99 million viewers and a 1.2 on May 23. Fox&rsquo;s comedy burnoff, The Goodwin Games, is averaging just 1.49 million viewers and a 0.6 in the demo on Monday nights, while the Anne Heche comedy Save Me is delivering 2.86 million viewers and a 0.7 on NBC&rsquo;s Thursday night schedule.</p>
<p>
Even the established reality programs have been unstable. ABC&rsquo;s The Bachelorette last night scored a series low 1.7 in the demo and through its first two episodes is down 28 percent from the same time a year ago. Fox&rsquo;s So You Think You Can Dance is down 20 percent (2.0 versus 2.5) through its first four episodes, while MasterChef is flat with a 2.3 rating.</p>
<p>
The real game-changer could be CBS&rsquo; big-budget ($40 million) sci-fi series <a href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/under-the-dome/" target="_blank">Under the Dome</a>, which debuts Monday, June 24. Produced by Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s Amblin Television and CBS Television Studios and based on Stephen King&rsquo;s doorstop of a novel, Under the Dome may well prove to be the biggest thing to hit the summertime airwaves since Survivor bowed in 2000.</p>
<p>
Other high-profile summer drama launches include NBC&rsquo;s Crossing Lines (Sunday, June 23), Siberia (Monday, July 1) and <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-camp-summer-liz-heldens-408923" target="_blank">Camp</a> (Wednesday, July 10). CBS also returns its reincarnated procedural Unforgettable for a 13-episode second season, beginning Sunday, July 28. Starring Poppy Montgomery and Dylan Walsh, <a href="http://www.cbs.com/shows/unforgettable/" target="_blank">Unforgettable</a> averaged 11.3 million viewers and a 2.2 in the 18-49 demo over the course of its 2011-12 run.&nbsp;</p>
TelevisionAbcCableCampCbsCrossing LinesAnthony CrupiMistressesNbcNetworksPrime Time RatingsRatingsRevolutionRookie BlueSave MeSiberiaSummer Broadcast SeasonThe BacheloretteThe BlacklistThe FollowingThe Goodwin GamesUnder the DomeUnforgettableTue, 04 Jun 2013 18:27:49 +0000150012 at http://www.adweek.comNBC Makes Bet on Fake Realityhttp://www.adweek.com/news/television/nbc-makes-bet-fake-reality-149697
Maura McGowan<p>
<a href="http://www.vulture.com/2013/05/nbc-acquires-drama-about-a-reality-show.html" target="_blank">NBC has added</a>&nbsp;another show in its summer lineup: Siberia, a drama about contestants in a reality show gone wrong. Set to premiere July 1 at 10 p.m., Siberia is reportedly a spooky adventure thriller reminiscent of Lost, set in a remote Siberian territory.</p>
<p>
Jeff Bader, NBC Entertainment&#39;s president of program planning, strategy, and research, believes Siberia&#39;s combination of survival drama and mystery will compel viewers.</p>
<p>
&quot;We believe a scripted series that offers an insightful behind-the-scenes view of how a reality concept comes together&mdash;especially when things don&#39;t go according to plan&mdash;will connect with our audience in a very satisfying way,&quot; Bader <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-acquires-siberia-drama-centered-525642" target="_blank">told The Hollywood Reporter</a>.</p>
<p>
The Hollywood Reporter offers a more detailed synopsis: Sixteen contestants descend on Siberia&#39;s Tunguska not knowing the land&#39;s mysterious past (it was hit with a meteorite 100 years prior). When a contestant is badly injured and no help arrives, the contestants realize that strange occurrences are not part of the reality show. With their safety threatened, the contestants are forced to work together to survive.&nbsp;</p>
<p>
The networks are looking to bulk up summer programming with scripted series following last year&#39;s underperforming round of reality shows. Siberia joins the summer schedule along with crime procedural <a href="http://www.deadline.com/tag/crossing-lines/" target="_blank">Crossing Lines</a> and the dramedy <a href="http://www.deadline.com/tag/camp/" target="_blank">Camp</a>.</p>
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TelevisionNbcReality ShowsSiberiaMaura McGowan149697 at http://www.adweek.com